Wilkie Collins

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The Two Destinies

Beschreibung

"The Two Destinies" is a singular by Wilkie Collins. This exciting work weaves a story of thriller, romance, and the supernatural. The story revolves round significant characters, the blind musician, and composer, Maurice Linzey, and the stunning and enigmatic young woman, Jessie Yelverton. Maurice, who has the unique capability to understand a person's real character through his heightened senses, encounters Jessie, a girl haunted through a mysterious past. As their lives end up entwined, the narrative unfolds with factors of suspense and the mystical. The novel takes unexpected turns as it delves into subject matters of destiny, love, and the outcomes of one's moves. Collins skillfully combines factors of the Gothic and the supernatural with an eager know-how of human psychology. The plot navigates thru secrets and techniques, deceptions, and the complexities of relationships. "The Two Destinies" stands proud in Collins's body of work for its exploration of the supernatural, which adds an additional layer of intrigue to the narrative. As the character¿s grapple with their destinies, the radical keeps readers on the edge of their seats, combining factors of Victorian sensation fiction with Collins's signature storytelling.

Autor

William Wilkie Collins (1824 - 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). The last is considered the first modern English detective novel. Born into the family of painter William Collins in London, he lived with his family in Italy and France as a child and learned French and Italian. After his first novel, Antonina, was published in 1850, he met Charles Dickens, who became a close friend, mentor and collaborator. Some of Collins's works were first published in Dickens' journals All the Year Round and Household Words and the two collaborated on drama and fiction. Collins was critical of the institution of marriage and never married; he split his time between Caroline Graves, except for a two-year separation, and his common-law wife Martha Rudd, with whom he had three children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books LLP
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9789361159749
• ISBN-10: 9361159747
• Artikelnr.: 69936418